Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is trying to prevent a top contender from running for president. from World News https://ift.tt/NrkfTGl
Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate is back in Romania along with his brother Tristan to report to the police, following a trip to Florida that triggered a state-level criminal probe. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/sQOGykj
US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does. More than anything, Putin wants to see a new global order — with Russia playing a starring role. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/9jkKeBb
Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/VLkAgw6
London’s Heathrow Airport – Europe’s busiest – will be closed on Friday due to a “significant power outage” as a result of a large fire nearby. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/RpVBlDE
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest. from World News https://ift.tt/pKy6RSH
The government of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/9V05kEO
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Thursday, the second to target Israeli territory since the Gaza ceasefire ended on Tuesday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/yVBWhZb
Canada said on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens on drugs smuggling charges earlier this year, and strongly condemned Beijing’s use of the death penalty. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/tIbsZTW
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the provinces of Lima and Callao to stem a rise in crime, in a move that follows the killing of a popular musician over the weekend. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/5fVGB7N
Mexican authorities say they have arrested Francisco Javier Román-Bardales, an alleged leader of the MS-13 gang who is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/oJtsS98
A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where government-aligned forces subjected largely unarmed villagers to summary executions, looting, arson and sectarian slurs, and bodies were piled up in two mass graves. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/uoYWGRX
The relationship between the billionaire philanthropist and the Indian leader helps both men meet their mission. But it also papers over the erosion of rights under Mr. Modi. from World News https://ift.tt/yzn7X9V